WHEEL ELECTRONICS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A WHEEL ELECTRONICS SYSTEM
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Abstract
A wheel electronic system and a method for operating a wheel electronic system. The wheel electronic system interacts with a tire secured to a vehicle and produces and emits, based on a captured trigger signal, a message containing information on at least one tire parameter measured with the wheel electronic system. The wheel electronic system is operated in an operational mode in which the system is configured to periodically capture the trigger signals in a first time period. Based on a predetermined first operational ratio of the vehicle, the wheel electronic system automatically switches to a test mode, in which the wheel electronic system is configured to periodically capture the trigger signals in a second time period which is substantially shorter than the first time period.
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28 Claims
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15. A method for operating a wheel electronics system configured to interact with a tire attached to a vehicle and, as a result of a trigger signal received thereby, to generate and wirelessly transmit a message, the message comprising information about at least one tire parameter that is measured by the wheel electronics system, the method which comprises the following method steps:
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operating the wheel electronics system in an operational mode in which the wheel electronics system is configured to receive the trigger signals periodically using a first time period; in response to a predetermined first operating characteristic of the vehicle, automatically switching the wheel electronics system to a test mode in which the wheel electronics system is configured to receive the trigger signals periodically using a second time period that is significantly shorter than the first time period; and operating the wheel electronics system in the test mode. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A wheel electronics system assembly, comprising:
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a sensor for measuring at least one parameter of a tire, said sensor being mounted on a vehicle and interacting with a wheel electronics system during operation of the vehicle; a receiver for receiving an external trigger signal; a processing device configured to generate a message comprising information about the measured parameter of the tire when the receiver receives the trigger signal; and a transmitter for transmitting the message with information about the measured parameter of the tire; wherein the wheel electronics system is configured to receive the trigger signals periodically using a first time period in an operational mode and to receive the trigger signals using a second time period that is significantly shorter than the first time period in a test mode; and wherein the wheel electronics system is configured to switch automatically from the operational mode to the test mode as a result of a predetermined first operating characteristic of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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